THE COLDEST WINTER I EVER SPENT by Ann Jacobus YA / Contemporary / Suicide & Family Issues Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab Date of Publication: March 7, 2023 Number of Pages: 352 pages Audiobook: 9 hours, 11 minutes Scroll down for Giveaway! […]
Category: Young Adult
Synopsis Lost in a wild West Virginia forest, Phoebe Gray’s world is upended when she finds an irritable goblin named Gnish-Gnash. She’s stumbled into Lerch Hollow, a place of magic and mystery where trolls lurk in shadows and mermaids sway with the tide. The young adventurer soon finds herself caught up in […]
Review – Conversations with the Dead by Jim Bates #YA #magicalrealism
September 14, 2023
Synopsis Jasmine “Jazzy” Jaspers is a ten-year-old albino who lives with his mother, an obese telephone sex worker. When his mother dies, Jazzy is sent to live with his grandparents on their farm in southwestern Minnesota. At his mother’s funeral, he meets and befriends his first dead person, and it changes his […]
Tested By Fire by C.J. Peterson Christian Fiction / Suspense / Romance Publisher: Texas Sisters Press, LLC Page Count: 278 pages Publication Date: August 21, 2023 Scroll down for Giveaway! Meet Robin Flynn: a woman of artistic soul and iron will, who forges metal […]
Synopsis When Zylan and his band of poachers invade the realm and start hunting unicorns, gamekeeper Yonell and his twelve-year-old daughter Ayla are on the alert to protect them. However, in a skirmish with two of Zylan’s men, Yonell is captured along with Snowflake, the youngest unicorn in the family. The prisoners […]
Includes an original, never-before-published story about the Fablehaven woodland brownies by #1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Mull The Fablehaven house brownies are known for coming into the kitchen at night and baking delightful treats as a surprise for caretakers and their guests. Now, Fablehaven fans can enjoy nearly fifty wondrous recipes inspired by […]
Synopsis Never Have I Ever meets The X-Files in Amanda Quain’s Ghosted, a gender-bent contemporary retelling of the Jane Austen classic, Northanger Abbey. Hattie Tilney isn’t a believer. Yes, she’s a senior at America’s most (allegedly) haunted high school, Northanger Abbey. But ever since her paranormal-loving dad passed away, she’s hung up her Ghostbusters suit, put […]
Synopsis A long-kept secret. A seaside kingdom. A life-changing revelation. No stranger to tragedy, Amira seeks joy in the little things—books, nature, her friends, and the memories of her late mother. When she gets the opportunity to leave her sleepy village and visit the kingdom’s capital of Kalopsia, her excitement knows […]
Synopsis Sutton going missing is the worst thing to happen to Casey, to their family. She’s trying to help find her sister, but Casey is furious. And she can’t tell anyone about their argument before Sutton disappeared. Everyone paints a picture of Sutton’s perfection: the popular cheerleader with an entourage of friends, […]
Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically By the Metal Horn Unicorns The Blue Unicorn’s Journey to Osm Series by Sybrina Durant Illustrated by Pumudi Gardiyawasam Children’s Book / Science & Nature / Mythical Creatures Publisher: Sybrina Publishing Date of Publication: February 7, […]